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December 30, 2001 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Alert, Nunavut, Canada

Dec 30, 2001 at 5:29 am
Max View in Alert, Nunavut
Global Event: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Alert, Nunavut
Began: Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 3:27 am
Maximum: Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 5:29 am -0.116 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 7:31 am
Duration: 4 hours, 4 minutes

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December 30, 2001 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse — Alert

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Alert. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EST) for Alert.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:27 am Sun, Dec 30
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-southwest 248°
26.3°
5:29 am Sun, Dec 30
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West 277°
22.5°
7:31 am Sun, Dec 30
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northwest 306°
19.1°

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The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow did not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there were no other locations on Earth where the Moon appeared partially or totally eclipsed during this event. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 30)

In the past, this day was cloudy 61% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Alert

Eclipse Visibility From AlertVisibility Worldwide
Jan 20–21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 30, 2000 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 19, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 30–31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 27–28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Alert, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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